Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sebastian Gorka listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-05-07 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, listens to debate on the Senate floor, Feb. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)
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[2026-05-07 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Personal de emergencias retira a Guido Reichstadter, de 45 años, del puente Frederick Douglass, el miércoles 6 de mayo de 2026 en Washington. Reichstadter escaló a la cima del puente la semana pasada y descendió tras 6 días de protesta. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree-Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The FBI has raided the office of a powerful Virginia Democratic lawmaker and ally of Gov. Abigail Spanberger as part of a federal corruption and illegal marijuana sale probe, Fox News has learned.
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[2026-05-07 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The two Republican candidates running for California governor had an awkward moment after moderator Kaitlan Collins posed a question about one calling the other a “swindler.”
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[2026-05-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is photographed May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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[2026-05-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was the perfect split-screen for the race to succeed Donald Trump — so long as your name is Marco Rubio and not JD Vance.
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[2026-05-07 01:51 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Latest proposal, derided by Tehran as a ‘wishlist’, could yet be a way out – but with 5,000 dead, it comes at an awful price
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[2026-05-07 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Periodistas reunidos mientras el Servicio Secreto y la policía local vigilan el lugar en donde agentes del orden balearon a una persona cerca del Monumento a Washington, el lunes 4 de mayo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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[2026-05-07 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Emergency personnel remove Guido Reichstadter, 45, off the Frederick Douglass Bridge, Wednesday, May 6, 2026 in Washington. Reichstadter, who scaled to the top of the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Washington last week, has come down, after his 6-day protest. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree-Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: With the smoke and blockades disguising what’s actually happening in the Strait of Hormuz, Rick Sanchez decided to shed some light on the situation. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday paused Project Freedom – the military operation launched a day earlier to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz – citing the “tremendous military success” of the campaign.However, Rick’s assessment is that Tehran still holds the strategic edge.
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[2026-05-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: With the smoke and blockades disguising what’s actually happening in the Strait of Hormuz, Rick Sanchez decided to shed some light on the situation. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday paused Project Freedom – the military operation launched a day earlier to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz – citing the “tremendous military success” of the campaign.However, Rick’s assessment is that Tehran still holds the strategic edge.
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[2026-05-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi is currently in Beijing meeting with his Chinese counterpart, FM Wang Yi, and the timing of the visit sends a resounding message to Washington and the West. The highly anticipated Trump-Xi meeting is still scheduled for next week, expected for May 14-15, though there has been ample speculation the ongoing events of the unpredictable Iran war and Hormuz Strait crisis could derail the trip at the last minute.
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[2026-05-07 01:15 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late night hosts focused on Trump’s Iran war, the latest Maga AI meme and Cinco de Mayo celebrations
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[2026-05-07 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to invest at least $55 billion to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Texas, according to a public notice Wednesday, producing chips for artificial intelligence, robotics and data centers in space.
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[2026-05-07 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An anti-war protester who scaled a bridge in Washington and stayed there for five days came down during a heavy rainstorm on Wednesday after running out of water.
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[2026-05-07 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Journalists report as U.S. Secret Service and local police remain after a person was shot by law enforcement near the Washington Monument in Washington, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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[2026-05-07 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-05-07 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard, best known for his stint as a young star with the New York Mets, spoke out in support of President Donald Trump while criticizing the president’s critics on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-07 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Comercio estadounidense Howard Lutnick en la Oficina Oval en la Casa Blanca en Washington, el 23 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-07 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Pentagon has announced that they employ specialized energy weapons for defense, seemingly vindicating researchers who’d long warned about the tech.
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[2026-05-07 00:17 UTC+10:00] [Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ameaçou nesta quarta-feira (06.05) intensificar os bombardeamentos contra o Irão caso Teerão não aceite um acordo negociado com Washington para encerrar o conflito iniciado no final de fevereiro. Ao mesmo tempo, o líder norte-americano afirmou que poderá suspender definitivamente as operações militares e flexibilizar o bloqueio naval imposto à República Islâmica caso haja avanços nas negociações em curso.
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[2026-05-07 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wednesday saw yet another early morning Axios 'scoop' that within hours of being issued proved premature and too out front, given talk of Iran and the US being 'close' to a deal was quickly denied by Tehran and even President Trump quickly acknowledged it's "too soon" to plan peace talks with Iran.
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[2026-05-07 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The deranged White House Correspondents Dinner shooting suspect, Cole Allen, may have been triggered by the Iran war when he stormed the event and allegedly tried to assassinate President Trump and other top administration officials, according to a new Department of Homeland Security intelligence report.
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[2026-05-07 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 1917 — Babe Ruth of the Red Sox allowed two hits as he outdueled Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators 1-0. Ruth knocked in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.
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[2026-05-07 00:08 UTC+10:00] [Vivek Ramaswamy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Trump-backed biotech entrepreneur will face Democrat Amy Acton in a competitive November contest
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[2026-05-07 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 30, 2026, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced sharp partisan attacks from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and other Democrats, underscored a troubling reality: the politicization of national security.
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[2026-05-07 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una protesta en contra de las medidas antiinmigración del gobierno del presidente Donald Trump, en Nueva York, el 11 de enero del 2026. (AP foto/Heather Khalifa)
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[2026-05-06 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday, as efforts to broker a peace deal between Tehran and Washington pick up pace amid the United States president’s announcement of a pause on attempts to forcibly open the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-06 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 6 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure on Iran to reach a peace agreement with the United States, warning of bombing at a "much higher level and intensity" if Tehran refuses to strike a deal.
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[2026-05-06 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum Wednesday for Iran to accept a deal to end the war or face renewed, more intense US bombing, in the latest of a series of abrupt policy shifts.
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[2026-05-06 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said the military operation to guide stranded merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused just two days after he announced it.
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[2026-05-06 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers of the House of Representatives have been provided with copies of the impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte ahead of the expected vote on whether to send the matter to the Senate for trial.
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[2026-05-06 23:15 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Islamabad/Washington/Tel Aviv: The United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf, a source from mediator Pakistan and another source briefed on the mediation said.
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[2026-05-06 22:58 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pontiff responds after US president accuses him of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with stance on Iran war
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[2026-05-06 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-06 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Last week, the White House’s official rapid response account on X posted a graphic from a pro-Israel think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), alongside text falsely claiming that Tehran’s uranium enrichment accelerated due to the loosening of sanctions under former United States President Joe Biden.
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[2026-05-06 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee led by Sen. Panfilo Lacson will verify flood control projects in Visayas and Mindanao and letter requests from some legislators asking "allocables" for infrastructure projects.
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[2026-05-06 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post Wednesday morning it is “too soon” to start thinking about face-to-face peace talks between the US and Iran, despite optimistic reports the two nations were closing in on a potential framework to end their 67-day war.
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[2026-05-06 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A cousin of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said Wednesday he had owned a 30 percent stake in a digital payments platform linked to cyberscams and money laundering and sanctioned by Washington.
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[2026-05-06 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attends an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-05-06 22:03 UTC+10:00] [Costa Rica] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: La Nación has been critical of Costa Rica president and Donald Trump ally Rodrigo Chavez
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[2026-05-06 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said that Iran will be bombed "at a much higher level" if they don't agree to a peace deal.
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[2026-05-06 21:44 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-06 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US should hold Israel to the same standards as other countries and end its decades-long ambiguity over Israel’s secretive nuclear capabilities, a group of 30 House Democrats has said.
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[2026-05-06 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this Aug. 8, 2017, file photo, The Walt Disney Co. logo appears on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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[2026-05-06 21:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean Embassy in the United States has replied to a letter from US Republican lawmakers taking issue with what they described as discriminatory regulations against e-commerce giant Coupang and other American companies, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-06 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian air strikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 US structures or equipments across the region since the start of the war in late February, the Washington Post reported.
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[2026-05-06 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HONG KONG (AP) — China’s diplomatic role in the Iran war has come into sharper focus following talks between Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-06 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Belgian politics] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Belgium are under renewed pressure after Donald Trump’s envoy lashed out over plans to prosecute two Jewish men who perform ritual circumcisions.
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